Burwell-Clark-Glenny Family Fonds, 1817-1878 RG 668http://hdl.handle.net/10464/139002024-03-29T07:29:10Z2024-03-29T07:29:10ZManuscript Lecture on Temperance by Dr. B. BurwellBurwell, B.http://hdl.handle.net/10464/139092021-08-14T01:39:36ZManuscript Lecture on Temperance by Dr. B. Burwell
Burwell, B.
Manuscript lecture on temperance by Dr. B. Burwell, n.d. The seven-page lecture
addresses the question of “Why do men who have acquired the habit of drinking
intoxicating liquor continue still to use them, notwithstanding all the facts and
arguments which have been addressed against their use?”.
Travel log dated August 13, 1848http://hdl.handle.net/10464/139082021-08-12T02:00:01Z1848-08-13T00:00:00ZTravel log dated August 13, 1848
Travel log dated August 13, 1848 describing the writer’s attendance at the Free Soil
convention in Buffalo. He describes in detail his travels, including a two-page account of
his trip to Niagara Falls, where he landed at Chippawa on “Victoria free soil”. From there
he travelled to the Falls, where he went to Table Rock, travelled in a steam ferry boat to
the suspension bridge, crossed the rapids to Goat Island, and went up [Terrapin] Tower.
He writes that “as I stood in the awful place the Table Rock and looked in that deep
yawning gulph [gulf] below a beautiful rainbow was seen, as was the case at various
other points…next went up to the top of the Tower which stands in the edge of the
water near the precipice of the Horseshoe falls. This is indeed a solemn, awful place--
the most interesting place I had visited…I felt that it was the work of an Omnipotent
friend.” An entry on the last page dated Nov. 7, 1848 describes the creation of a free
soil club “by the Free Soilers of this town”, adding that “today we have been called upon
to vote for electors for president, the result has been for Van Buren 146, Taylor 92, and
Cass 52”.
1848-08-13T00:00:00ZLetter from William Glenny to his Father, 3 April 1865Glenny, Williamhttp://hdl.handle.net/10464/139052021-08-14T01:39:30Z1865-04-03T00:00:00ZLetter from William Glenny to his Father, 3 April 1865
Glenny, William
A letter from William Glenny to his Father while studying at Yale. He mentions the war that surrounds him, "As I write the cannons are firing, bells ringing flags flying and every-body is rejoicing over the capture of Richmond. I fear that civilians will not be allowed to go down there, but if they are, I shall certainly want to go."
1865-04-03T00:00:00ZLetter from James Glenny to William H. Glenny, 22 May 1864Glenny, Jameshttp://hdl.handle.net/10464/139042021-08-12T01:59:55Z1864-05-22T00:00:00ZLetter from James Glenny to William H. Glenny, 22 May 1864
Glenny, James
A letter to William Glenny from his cousin James. There is much mentioned in regards to the war, "Nothing at present seems to engross the minds of the people so much as the War, and Grant, last Sunday the greatest excitement prevailed here, and the majority of them were in ecstacies at the very favorable reports which came from Sec. Stanton. There seems but little doubt, but that Grant is quite equal to the task which the Nation has entrusted him with, and I have no doubt but before long we shall hear that Richmond has fallen into his hands."
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